Daniil Medvedev suggests major change to tennis schedule

World No 4 Daniil Medvedev said the ATP Tour almanac needs to beryllium refocused astir the expansive slams and Masters 1000 events pinch the lower-tier ATP 250 tournaments moved to an optional slot later successful the year.

Several players person voiced concerns complete the calendar, pinch four-time expansive slam victor Carlos Alcaraz saying the tight schedule makes it difficult to enactment motivated passim the twelvemonth and increases the consequence of injuries.

From adjacent season, 7 of the 9 ATP Masters 1000 events will beryllium held crossed 12 days, a determination which was criticised by Stefanos Tsitsipas past week.

“This twelvemonth I only tried to play large tournaments,” Medvedev told reporters aft his triumph complete Alex De Minaur at the ATP Finals connected Tuesday.

“I deliberation location should beryllium much bigger, important tournaments, which should beryllium like, ‘Okay, these are the tournaments wherever we specify who is going to beryllium apical 10, for illustration Masters 1000.’

“You play bully successful them, you will beryllium there. The schedule should someway beryllium astir them.”

Reuters has contacted the ATP Tour for comment.

Medvedev suggested staging the apical tournaments earlier successful the year, adding: “Then you put each the 250s aft for group that want to proceed playing.

“If you’re bully enough, you decorativeness the play successful whatever, October, play successful Masters. Doesn’t matter. Don’t count the tournaments after. If you still consciousness for illustration you request much points for Australian Open aliases much matches, you do it after.”

Reuters